Chapter Summaries

After Raditz neutralized Cell's self-destruct attack, he withdrew from the tournament and left the remaining Cell to Goku so the others could test their training. Goku and Cell began their fight at full power as Hercule fled the prospect of facing Cell.

• Raditz contained Cell's explosion with his telekinetic power, and the fighters realized Cell had vanished.
• Raditz conceded the match to Hercule and left the remaining Cell for Goku and the others to fight.
• Hercule and the other Earthling martial artists pretended to have stomachaches to avoid fighting Cell, while the audience lost respect for Hercule.
• Goku entered the arena before Vegeta and agreed with Cell to cancel the rule disqualifying fighters who left the ring.
• Goku and Cell transformed into Super Saiyans and charged at each other as Android 16 carried Hercule, the reporter, and the cameraman to safety behind rocks.

Goku and Cell fought to a standstill as Cell revealed speed capable of countering Instant Transmission. Goku surrendered after realizing Cell was still holding back, leaving Vegeta to step forward and challenge him.

• Goku and Cell exchanged blows at full speed, and both took injuries while praising each other's strength.
• Cell vanished and struck Goku from behind, then blocked Goku's relentless Ki Blast barrage with an energy barrier.
• Goku stopped fighting and surrendered, saying he had learned from the battle and wanted to see Vegeta fight.
• Cell grew angry when Goku reminded him that he had set the rules for the tournament.
• Vegeta stepped forward, declaring that he would finish Cell himself.

Vegeta challenged Cell after breaking through his limits in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and the two fought with overwhelming power. Vegeta survived Cell’s direct energy blast and rose again, ready to continue the battle.

• Vegeta stepped forward to fight Cell and refused to accept an easy victory against an exhausted opponent.
• Trunks explained that Vegeta had trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber by using Goku as an imaginary opponent.
• Vegeta unleashed his full power, prompting Cell to reveal his own strength despite his depleted stamina.
• Vegeta and Cell exchanged a fierce aerial battle, and Vegeta used Instant Transmission to ambush Cell after dodging his Kamehameha.
• Cell caught Vegeta’s kick, slammed him into the ground, and blasted him at close range.
• Vegeta stood back up with his golden aura still blazing and declared that Cell had underestimated Saiyans.

Vegeta fought Cell with a barrage of attacks and used Instant Transmission to cut off Cell’s upper body, but Cell began absorbing Future Cell’s fragments and mutating. As Cell’s Ki continued to grow, Vegeta waited, hoping to break through to Super Saiyan 2, while lightning crackled across Cell’s body.

• Vegeta endured Cell’s blast, counterattacked with repeated Kikoho attacks, and was eventually beaten down by Cell.
• Vegeta used Instant Transmission to strike Cell with a spinning cutting disc, severing his upper body.
• Goku and Raditz realized Cell’s Ki had not vanished and that he might regenerate despite his apparent defeat.
• Cell absorbed Future Cell’s fragments, regenerated, and began mutating as his Ki grew stronger.
• Trunks guessed Vegeta was waiting to reach Super Saiyan 2 while Cell continued to transform.
• Cell struggled to restructure his body, and lightning began flashing across his surface.

Cell absorbed Future Cell and evolved into Lightning Cell, then overwhelmed Vegeta and Trunks. As Cell prepared to kill them, Raditz intervened and called on Gohan to fight him.

• Cell absorbed Future Cell's remains and awakened his Lightning Cell form, greatly increasing his power.
• Vegeta attacked Cell with a Kikoho and charged him, but Cell blocked his blows and knocked him back.
• Cell predicted Vegeta's Instant Transmission, struck him down, and stomped him into unconsciousness and his normal form.
• Trunks transformed to Full Power and tried to protect Vegeta, but Cell beat him and left him unable to rise.
• Cell prepared to kill Vegeta and Trunks, but Raditz stopped him and said Gohan would be his next opponent.

Raditz sent Gohan to fight Cell, convinced the boy could surpass him, and Gohan awakened his hidden potential after Cell threatened the people he loved. Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan 2, leaving Cell stunned and realizing he had provoked a dangerous opponent.

• Raditz urged Gohan to fight Cell and told him to draw on his potential to protect everyone.
• Piccolo questioned Raditz’s decision, and Raditz revealed that his year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber had made him confident he could handle Cell.
• Gohan reached Full Power as a Super Saiyan but Cell easily struck him into the mountains.
• Raditz and Cell provoked Gohan, and Cell threatened to kill his family and friends.
• Gohan’s anger unleashed his dormant power, and he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2.

Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and battled Lightning Cell, forcing Raditz to move their fight into space to protect Earth. After a hundred exchanges without a clear winner, Cell prepared a final Kamehameha beam struggle.

• Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and struck Lightning Cell with a Masenko, injuring him.
• Gohan and Cell fought with techniques and hand-to-hand attacks as their battle threatened to destroy Earth.
• Raditz restrained Gohan and Cell with telekinesis and carried them into space, where both could fight safely.
• Gohan and Cell fought for a hundred exchanges without either gaining the upper hand.
• Cell gathered energy for a Kamehameha, and Raditz recognized that a beam struggle would favor Gohan.

Gohan defeated Lightning Cell in a desperate Kamehameha clash after Raditz urged him to unleash his full power. As Raditz tried to take the exhausted Gohan back, a demonic vortex formed from Cell’s remnants and pulled Raditz inside.

• Raditz encouraged Gohan to stop relying on others and give everything he had against Cell.
• Gohan and Cell fired immense Kamehamehas in space, creating a stalemate that shook Earth and alarmed the warriors below.
• Raditz reminded Gohan of his family, and Gohan’s power surged as he overwhelmed and destroyed Cell.
• Raditz supported the exhausted Gohan, but noticed an evil Ki of the Demon Clan gathering at the end of Gohan’s attack.
• Raditz pushed Gohan toward Earth with a Kikoho, then was caught by demonic tentacles and dragged into the vortex as Cell’s dark figure appeared.

Cell was reborn with the Demon Realm’s power and trapped Raditz in a sealed dark space while sending ten Mini Cells to attack Earth. Gohan killed one Mini Cell with a single blow, leaving nine to face the assembled fighters.

• Cell regenerated in the Demon Realm’s dark energy, and Raditz transformed into Super Saiyan 2 to fight him.
• Cell sent ten Mini Cells toward Earth while the sealed space blocked Raditz’s Instant Transmission.
• Gohan returned to the fighters on Earth, and everyone wondered why Raditz had not come back.
• The reporters announced Cell’s defeat, and people around the world celebrated before the Mini Cells arrived.
• One Mini Cell attacked Hercule, but Gohan killed it in a single blow, startling the remaining nine.

Gohan and the others destroyed the Mini Cells on Earth while Raditz defeated Dark Cell in space. Cell’s death triggered a collapsing space-time vortex that swallowed Raditz, leaving his fate unknown.

• Gohan, Vegeta, Goku, and the other warriors joined forces to kill the Mini Cells, with Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Afuna, and Afuri defeating one together.
• Afuna saved Krillin from a Mini Cell, and Yamcha teased him about his apparent feelings for her.
• Hercule asked Gohan his name, and Gohan introduced himself as Son Gohan before flying away.
• After sensing the Mini Cells’ destruction, Cell fought Raditz, who overwhelmed him with the power he had gained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Raditz unleashed Galactic Flash and defeated Cell, but Cell’s death triggered a space-time vortex that pulled Raditz in and closed behind him.

After Earth recovered from the battle with Cell, Raditz remained missing despite searches by Goku, Gohan, and Zangya. The chapter ended with Android 17 and Android 18 remembering Raditz’s help while Vegeta trained, determined to find and defeat him.

• Earth celebrated its heroes, while Hercule secretly studied martial arts under Tien Shinhan and Goku focused on training and work.
• Gohan heard Chi-Chi credit Raditz for improving their lives and remembered Raditz saving him before vanishing into space.
• Goku and others searched for Raditz, but King Kai had not seen what happened and King Yama had no record of his death.
• Android 17 and Android 18 discussed how Raditz had saved them from Cell and wondered whether Zangya had found him.
• Vegeta trained in Bulma's Gravity Chamber and vowed to find Raditz and defeat him with Super Saiyan 2.

Raditz woke aboard a Lasse Defense Force spaceship in Universe 6 after crossing a spatial barrier and losing his belongings. He accepted acting captain Cabba’s offer to travel with the Saiyans and went with them to Kilia Planet.

• Raditz woke naked aboard a Lasse Defense Force spaceship and learned he had arrived in Universe 6.
• Ramso gave Raditz food and a uniform, then showed him around the enormous spaceship.
• Raditz met acting captain Cabba, who recognized him as a Saiyan with a tail and asked how he had ended up drifting in space.
• Raditz told Cabba he could not return home, and Cabba invited him to travel with the Lasse Defense Force until they could send him back.
• Raditz accepted Cabba’s offer and traveled with the force to Kilia Planet.

Raditz learned about the Lasse Defense Force as it traveled to aid Kilia Planet, while recognizing that Frost was secretly behind the pirate attacks. Cabba trusted Frost’s promise to help, unaware of the danger, as the Defense Force remained two days away from the planet.

• Ramso told Raditz about the Lasse Defense Force and praised Frost as a hero who had worked with them before.
• Raditz recognized Frost in a news broadcast and recalled that Frost secretly staged pirate attacks for profit.
• Ramso offered to teach Raditz the Defense Force’s Ki Blasts, and Raditz played along.
• Cabba reviewed reports that pirates had seized one-third of Kilia Planet and worried that its defenses would not last until the Defense Force arrived.
• Frost told Cabba he would reach Kilia Planet the next day, and Cabba planned to attack the invaders alongside him when the Defense Force arrived two days later.
• Frost briefly snickered during the call before returning to his serious tone, leaving Cabba faintly uneasy.

Frost secretly conspired with Meuru to attack Kilia Planet, exploit Cabba’s trust, and preserve the Lasse Defense Force for his own purposes. As the Defense Force neared Kilia, Ramso realized Raditz was hiding his strength, and Raditz claimed the entire crew together would still be no match for him.

• Frost ended his call with Cabba and laughed at how easily the Saiyan believed him.
• Meuru told Frost he planned to seize Kilia Planet and kill Cabba, while Frost warned him to leave the Lasse Defense Force intact.
• Frost demanded ten percent of the transaction’s value from Meuru for allegedly lending him a Patrol Battleship, then departed.
• After nearly two days of travel, Raditz and Ramso continued training aboard the Defense Force spaceship as it sped toward Kilia Planet.
• Ramso questioned Raditz about his strength, and Raditz revealed that even the whole crew would not be enough to fight him.

Raditz stayed aboard the spaceship with Ramso while Cabba led the Lasse Defense Force to fight the space pirates on Kilia Planet. Frost betrayed Cabba in a trap, and the chapter ended with Cabba and his elites still standing after the fleet’s bombardment.

• The spaceship arrived at Kilia Planet, and Cabba ordered the Lasse Defense Force to assemble for battle.
• Raditz declined to join the attack, telling Ramso that Cabba and the others could handle the pirates.
• Cabba contacted Frost and led an elite squad toward Meuru’s flagship, planning to attack from opposite sides.
• Frost lured Cabba into an ambush as the flagship’s cannons fired and underground pirate reinforcements surrounded the Saiyans.
• Meuru attacked Cabba’s group with the fleet’s energy cannons, but Cabba and the elites survived the bombardment and faced him through the smoke.

Cabba and the Lasse Defense Force struggled against Meuru and the pirates while Frost watched from hiding. When Ramso spotted Frost and approached him, Frost attacked, but Raditz saved Ramso and confronted Frost.

• Cabba and the injured Lasse Defense Force elites fought Meuru and the space pirates, while Frost secretly watched from the ruins.
• Raditz sensed Cabba's peril, and Ramso flew out to survey the battle.
• Ramso recognized Frost retreating from the battlefield and flew over to greet him, ignoring Raditz's warning.
• Frost suspected Ramso had exposed him and fired a Death Beam at him.
• Raditz shoved Ramso out of the beam's path and confronted Frost, angered by his attempt to kill the youth.

Raditz confronted Frost after exposing the peace ambassador’s crimes and transformed into a Super Saiyan to overpower him. With Frost’s deception revealed, Raditz left Frost to himself and urged Cabba to lead the Lasse Defense Force against the cosmic pirates.

• Frost admitted that he had staged invasions and rescues to profit from war and transformed into his final form to kill Raditz and Ramso.
• Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan and blocked Frost’s Air Cannon with ease.
• Raditz seized Frost by the head and hurled him into the cosmic pirates’ main ship.
• Frost revealed to Cabba that he and Meuru had conspired to stage the attacks, then ordered the pirates to kill everyone.
• Raditz encouraged Cabba to continue fighting and took Frost on himself, while Cabba rallied the Lasse Defense Force.

Raditz overwhelmed Frost and defeated his Poison Needle, then ignored Frost’s pleas for repentance and destroyed him with the Shining Impact Wave. Ramso witnessed the blast and recognized the scale of Raditz’s power.

• Raditz smashed Frost’s energy sphere and beat him into the ground while Cabba rallied the Lasse Defense Force against the space pirates.
• Frost launched his Poison Needle at Raditz, but an invisible barrier stopped the attack.
• Frost begged Raditz to spare him, claiming he would repent, but Raditz rejected his plea.
• Raditz hurled Frost into the sky and destroyed him with the Shining Impact Wave.
• Ramso watched the blast and realized Raditz’s Ki Blast was far more powerful than he had imagined.

Hit intervened in Raditz’s fight with Frost, rescued Frost using Time Skip, and took him away. Raditz and Cabba defeated Meuru and routed the space pirates, leaving the Kilia people celebrating their victory.

• Raditz’s Shining Impact Wave was about to strike Frost when Hit used Time Skip to rescue him and briefly freeze everyone on the battlefield.
• Hit asked Raditz to leave Frost to him, then knocked Frost unconscious and vanished with him after warning Raditz that he was not strong enough to stop him.
• Raditz restrained Meuru with Telekinesis, and Cabba finished him with an energy blast.
• The space pirates fled in their spacecraft, but the Lasse Defense Force destroyed them as the Kilia people celebrated their victory.
• Exhausted, Cabba collapsed after the battle, and Raditz caught him.

After the Lasse Defense Force returned to Salada Planet, Raditz told Cabba and Renso about his origins and the Super Saiyan transformation. Renso asked him to teach Cabba and Caulifla, but Caulifla challenged Raditz to prove his strength, and he agreed to show her a Super Saiyan.

• The Lasse Defense Force returned to Salada Planet, where Cabba thanked Raditz and introduced him to Renso.
• Cabba recounted the Kilia mission, and Renso praised him for broadcasting Frost's crimes and said he was ready to become captain.
• Raditz explained to Cabba and Renso that he came from another universe and described the Super Saiyan transformation.
• Renso asked Raditz to teach Cabba and Caulifla, but Caulifla interrupted and said she did not believe Super Saiyans were that strong.
• Caulifla challenged Raditz to a fight and raced toward the wilderness, while Raditz agreed to show her a Super Saiyan.